“Temporary extra money to help with basic costs when you're struggling”
Temporary additional support is a type of financial help that you can get as a last option when you’re having money troubles. It’s meant to help you when you can’t cover your basic costs with the money you have coming in and your other resources. When you ask for or get this support, you need to try your best to lower your costs or increase your income. This support is only for a short time to help you through a tough patch.
96: Temporary additional support: requirements, or
“Rules for getting extra money when you're short on cash”
Part 2
Assistance
Hardship assistance
95Temporary additional support: purpose
The purpose of temporary additional support is to provide temporary financial assistance as a last resort to alleviate the financial hardship of people whose essential costs cannot be met from their chargeable income and other resources, while ensuring that people seeking or granted that assistance take reasonable steps to reduce their costs or increase their chargeable incomes.
